Finding your next obsession
Finding your next obsession

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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A real-world series choice where the subject and the perspective behind it are the main reason to keep going.
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Best suited to viewers who want a longer-form story built around real people, events, or ideas.
Commitment
Long-form commitment · 39 seasons
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10 episodes
1983

8 episodes
1984

15 episodes
1984

20 episodes
1985

17 episodes
1986

13 episodes
1987

14 episodes
1988

16 episodes
1989

14 episodes
1991

13 episodes
1991

16 episodes
1993

14 episodes
1994

15 episodes
1994

12 episodes
1996

17 episodes
1996

19 episodes
1997

18 episodes
1998

17 episodes
1999

18 episodes
2000

16 episodes
2001

15 episodes
2002

17 episodes
2003

14 episodes
2004

18 episodes
2005

17 episodes
2006

11 episodes
2007

17 episodes
2008

16 episodes
2008

14 episodes
2009

14 episodes
2010

14 episodes
2011

10 episodes
2012

10 episodes
2013

10 episodes
2014

10 episodes
2015

9 episodes
2016

8 episodes
2017

8 episodes
2018
9 episodes
2019
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